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<br />the pod units and a resolution approved by the Board of Commissioners before the project could
<br />begin. The Board of Education, at their November 20, 2008 meeting, approved a contract for
<br />$830,614.56 to Modular Technologies, Inc. of Kinston to build two pod classroom units for Lee
<br />County High School. One pod unit will hold 11 classrooms and the other will house 15
<br />classrooms. The proposed resolution states Lee County will make four annual payments on
<br />February 1, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, for a total of $830,614.56. After some discussion,
<br />Commissioner Reives moved to approve the Resolution for the lease-purchase of modular pod
<br />units for Lee County High School, a copy of which is attached to these minutes and by this
<br />reference made a part hereof. After further discussion, Commissioner Reives amended his
<br />motion for Lee County to have the first right of refusal should the Board of Education not wish to
<br />use the pod units at any time. Upon a vote of the amended motion, the results were as follows:
<br />Aye: Dalrymple, Hayes, Kelly, Oldham, Paschal, Reives, and Shook
<br />Nay: None
<br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously.
<br />Upon a vote of the original motion to approve the Resolution as presented, the results were as
<br />follows:
<br />Aye: Dalrymple, Hayes, Kelly, Oldham, Paschal, Reives, and Shook
<br />Nay: None
<br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously.
<br />The Board considered the 2008 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Scattered
<br />Site Grant Agreement. Planner Karen Kennedy informed the Board that Lee County had been
<br />awarded a $400,000 grant to provide improved housing and suitable living environments for low
<br />and moderate income residents in the Sanford and Lee County area. Ms. Kennedy stated that
<br />Scattered Site Housing grants are made to county governments in the amount of $400,000, with
<br />no matching requirements, on a rotating basis, every three years. Activities may include housing
<br />rehabilitation, acquisition, relocation, demolition, and addressing urgent housing needs. An
<br />application was submitted in July 2008 detailing a plan for how the funds would be distributed to
<br />meet housing needs. Funds will be used for housing rehabilitation, acquisition, relocation,
<br />clearance and urgent housing needs. Ms. Kennedy stated that twenty applications were received
<br />earlier this year, but only about eight of the homes would be addressed. Commissioner Kelly
<br />moved to accept the $400,000 grant from the NC Department of Commerce, Division of
<br />Community Assistance and Grant Project Ordinance as presented, a copy of which is attached to
<br />these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows:
<br />Aye: Dalrymple, Hayes, Kelly, Oldham, Paschal, Reives, and Shook
<br />Nay: None
<br />The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously.
<br />The Board considered relief of discovery penalties for Carolina Wood Products and M & C
<br />Laundromat. Tax Administrator Dwane Brinson told the Board the tax listing division of the tax
<br />office conducts routine audits of businesses in Lee County. During the audits, unlisted taxable
<br />property is sometimes discovered. North Carolina General Statures indicates the amount of
<br />penalty that should be applied to discovered taxable property. The taxpayers from Carolina Wood
<br />Products and M & C Laundromat are requesting relief of the penalty which amounts to $44.65 for
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